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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87.3 pts. and median of 88 pts. in 236 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by jmikeska on 4/29/2024 & rated 92 points: Delicious. Still drinking very well. No sign of fading. Minty and earthy. Well integrated tannins. Fabulous bottle for $10 (117 views) | | | Tasted by Kentw on 6/1/2023 & rated 88 points: Still very solid. Full body, dry, and some mild finishing tannin. Needs an hour of decanting. Starting to pass its prime. Has faded some compared to 2020 notes. Drink up now. (804 views) | | | Tasted by Doc90 on 4/19/2023 & rated 90 points: The fresh mint leaf aromas really leave quite an impression on me. Refined and nicely saturated. Hint of dark mint chocolate. Great right now. (863 views) | | | Tasted by blanquito on 9/4/2022 & rated 91 points: Rich, zesty, herby, minerally bouquet. Pitch perfect, layered attack. Drinking great, incredible QPR (as always, but especially so in 2005). (1400 views) | | | Tasted by DavidWong168 on 8/7/2022 & rated 90 points: The label, capsule and cork are pristine - I was told this bottle was a recent Chateau release.
Medium garnet with an orange-y rim. Intense aromas of plum, plum sauce and black cherry. Made in an opulent style that emphasizes the ripeness of 2005 fruit. Mouth-filling flavors of plum, plum skins, juicy cherry and a hint of cinnamon. Surprisingly grippy tannins coat the mouth on the finish. Very tasty and still primary and can probably develop for a few more years. (1224 views) | | | Tasted by Lma1969 on 7/29/2022 & rated 90 points: Typical Bordeaux nose, cassis, a little spice, some black fruit, it faded with time but really not too bad. Had with a grilled ribeye. Great for the price. (1156 views) | | | Tasted by Ianjaig on 6/10/2022 & rated 92 points: Rustic, tannic, leather, old school - beautiful. The 3 hour decant helped. Drink up. (961 views) | | | Tasted by Ianjaig on 5/28/2022 & rated 89 points: Summed up nicely by Blanquito. Took 3 hours to really unravel and reveal itself. Will decant next time. (838 views) | | | Tasted by blanquito on 5/20/2022: This just keeps getting better and better. Kinda blocky and chunky, but robust and grippy and well balanced with enough fruit to handle the typically rustic structure at this address. Actually still a little grapey bouquet with some fresh greenery (mint, basil, tomatoes leaf). Bright, zesty, clean midpalate and finish, lithe but not lean. Hits the spot. 89-90 pts. (639 views) | | | Tasted by arp46 on 2/18/2022 & rated 93 points: Paper filtered and decanted leaving a heavy sediment in the filter and yielding a dark puple liquor with a fresh blue fruit fragrance and deep flavor with a long finish. (672 views) | | | Tasted by Kentw on 8/7/2021 flawed bottle: Cork crumbled even though properly stored. Hope my other bottles are ok. (1160 views) | | | Tasted by djhammond on 3/27/2021 & rated 89 points: Great value for money as the estate always is, it is very approachable wine straight from the bottle and easy to drink. (1423 views) | | | Tasted by winecoffee on 8/2/2020 & rated 90 points: Had this wine at Troquet on the South. Chris Campbell, the owner, brought it out for us during his summer sale of vintage wines. The first taste was extraordinarily tannic, but we stuck with this one for some other reason. Nose was definitely highly licorice, red fruit, and mild chocolate. The palate started to change in about 45 min and started getting smoother and silkier. I would suggest decanting this wine for 2-3 hours before pouring. For us, after 60 min, I could see the beauty of the wine reveal itself. (1719 views) | | | Tasted by empire80 on 6/6/2020 & rated 89 points: Getting better with age, a simple but crunchy red fruit driven claret, less than £10 at purchase - bargain!! (1823 views) | | | Tasted by Kentw on 3/9/2020 & rated 89 points: Similar to last note. Medium plus weight, bold with mid level acidity, a touch of finishing tannin. This bottle had a bit more tannin and dryness than prior one. (1963 views) | | | Tasted by blanquito on 6/26/2019: For lovers of old school claret, this has to be an all time QPR. Black cherry with earthy notes. Good brightness and grip, still showing some structure. See my prior notes for more details. Drinking well, but I’m guessing this is even better in 5 years (one Blanquito). (2614 views) | | | Tasted by FFNA on 4/1/2019 & rated 88 points: We bought this with a number of other 2005 Bordeaux. Very tannic and closed for many years. Still tannic to the point of overwhelming the fruit for about the first half-hour. Then, the wine becomes more integrated. Not sure if the fruit will match the tannins over a few more years, or the wine will simply become stale. Dark maroon color, nose indicates pleasant Merlot, which is apparently escaping the glass as it struggles with the tannins. The fruit is herbal, with fennel and arugula prominent. Not bad, and continues to show promise. (2397 views) | | | Tasted by Kentw on 2/1/2019 & rated 90 points: Finally the wine has come around. Full body with licorice and cassis dominating the flavor profile. Very solid and finally well balanced. Some mid level mild acidity with medium plus finish of dark chocolate. Dry but not overly so and tannin are now well integrated. Solid right bank merlot notes are obvious. Waited long enough for it to come around. Drink now. Hopefully my other bottles will be similar. (1883 views) | | | Tasted by BcDuncan on 11/29/2018 & rated 89 points: excellent time to drink this wine; still good fruit but very smooth (1967 views) | | | Tasted by aaronwine on 10/17/2018 & rated 90 points: Purchased this at Costco in 2008 for $10. Drinking nicely right now. Simple but balanced with tannins still quite present on the finish. Given price point couldn’t ask for anything more. (1949 views) | | | Tasted by SimonG on 8/15/2018 & rated 86 points: Half. Fulll ruby. Maturing Medoc nose. Resolved, quite smooth. Dark red fruit. Good shape. No great complexity or length but very decent everyday claret. Perfectly decent with a midweek côte de boeuf and triple cooked chips. **1/2 possibly *** (1847 views) | | | Tasted by thalver on 5/27/2018: A nice luncheon claret. Drinking well, enough acidity and a bit of lingering tannin to give it cut. some evolution in the fruit flavors, but not lot of really mature characteristics. This drank Infinitely better than a bottle of their 2003 consumed recently. I don't know if I see much upside in letting the intensity of flavor fade more. It's a quite mellow drink now. (1860 views) | | | Tasted by Matt21 on 2/6/2018 & rated 91 points: Drinking beautifully now. Good acidity with a solid backbone. Fruit is still alive in this bottle. Would drink sooner than later if you still have at bottles. (2396 views) | | | Tasted by ProperClaret on 12/28/2017: I have to echo much of what La Grappe said... Rustic, but in an unpleasant, somewhat sour manner. Air doesn't seem to help either, as I've now tried multiple bottles ranging from PnP to a full 24 hours.
I'm of course hard-pressed to be completely disappointed, given its $15 price tag, so I might just "lose" the rest of the case in the back of my cellar and see what time can do. (1908 views) | | | Tasted by blanquito on 10/1/2017 & rated 91 points: A delicious, food-friendly, red and black fruited classic. This petit chateau is very good in most strong vintages, but it’s even better in 2005 with an extra gear of fruit and extraction. Too young for full primetime yet, but I really enjoyed this earthy, balanced, bright wine that remains a world class QPR (~$10 as futures). (2663 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Tour St Bonnet Producer websiteRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines.Médoc Appellation Webpage (Conseil des Vins du Médoc)
The land with the Médoc appellation links three kinds of Médoc terroirs: Garonne gravel, Pyrenees gravel and soils of clayey limestone. Taking account of the huge area the appellation covers, these terroirs are extremely varied in character. Thanks to this variety of terroirs, the infinite palette of the wines with the Médoc appellation has distinction, roundness and a balanced personality. They may be full bodied with a fine ruby red colour. They should be kept a long time for their many nuances to develop. Others are elegant, subtle, with a fine bouquet, ready to be drunk younger, though this in no way reflects on their exemplary finesse.In order to have the right to the Médoc appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the peninsula bounded on the east by the Garonne and the Gironde, on the south by Blanquefort Brook, on the west by the Atlantic Ocean but excluding the communes of Carcans and Hourtin, Brach, Salaunes, Lacanau, Le Temple, Le Porge and "land of recent alluvium and sand lying on impermeable subsoils", - satisfy precise production conditions : grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (170 grammes - 6 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°) base yield (50 hectolitres per hectare).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Malbec, Merlot
Soil: Alluvial terraces of gravel deposits, light, good for Cabernet, and deep and clay-like, good for Merlot
Surface Area: 5,522 ha |
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